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Perpetuum Immobile: Solo Piano Live
Simon Nabatov
Perpetuum Immobile: Solo Piano Live
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 

     
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All Artists: Simon Nabatov
Title: Perpetuum Immobile: Solo Piano Live
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Leo Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 2/4/2003
Genres: Jazz, Pop
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 5024792035823, 803680482605
 

CD Reviews

Tour-de-force piano
N. Dorward | Toronto, ON Canada | 04/08/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of Nabatov's least jazz-oriented discs: essentially, it's a meditation on the classical keyboard literature & on the characteristic soundworlds of a number of twentieth-century composers, among them Messiaen, Stockhausen, Ligeti & Prokofiev. The opening track, "Which Way Up?", is somewhat untypical, being a sprightly piece that has an implied swing that sets it apart from the more classically-inclined remainder of the album. There's some astonishing piano pyrotechnics on display here--"U-Trillo", in particular, is a knockout: it starts with a kind of fugue, then reaches a moment of false calm in a gentle trill. The trill gets more ominous, though, & leads in turn to a ferocious & passionate central section. There's several pieces which glance at the pianistic tradition of the "perpetuum mobile" (an unbroken, even flow of notes)--notably "One-Handed Bandit", a performance restricted to the right hand alone.Not perhaps Nabatov's most well-rounded performance, but eminently listenable & quite impressive."